Turquoise Stakes

Turquoise Stakes
ターコイズステークス
	Smile Kana wins the 2020 Turquoise Stakes
Class	Grade 3
Location	Nakayama Racecourse
Inaugurated	2015
Race type	Thoroughbred Flat racing
Race information
Distance	1600 metres
Surface	Turf
Track	Right-handed
Qualification	3-y-o+ fillies and mares
Weight	Handicap
Purse	¥ 82,380,000 (as of 2024); 1st: ¥ 38,000,000; 2nd: ¥ 15,000,000; 3rd: ¥ 10,000,000

The Turquoise Stakes (Japanese ターコイズステークス) is a Japanese Grade 3 horse race for Thoroughbred fillies and mares aged three and over. It is run in December over a distance of 1600 metres on turf at Nakayama Racecourse, in Funabashi, Chiba.^[1]

Quick Facts Class, Location ...

It was first run in 2015 and has held Grade 3 status since 2017.

Year	Winner	Age	Jockey	Trainer	Owner	Time
2015	Sing With Joy	3	Keita Tosaki	Yasuo Tomomichi	Shadai Race Horse	1:35.7
2016	Magic Time	5	Christophe Lemaire	Tadashige Nakagawa	Sunday Racing	1:33.6
2017	Miss Panthere	3	Norihiro Yokoyama	Mitsugu Kon	Chiyono Terada	1:34.2
2018	Miss Panthere	4	Norihiro Yokoyama	Mitsugu Kon	Chiyono Terada	1:32.7
2019	Contra Check	3	Christophe Lemaire	Kazuo Fujisawa	Carrot Farm	1:32.2
2020	Smile Kana	3	Daichi Shibata	Yoshiyasu Takahashi	Shigeyuki Okada	1:34.6
2021	Miss New York	4	Mirco Demuro	Haruki Sugiyama	Takaaki Farm	1:32.8
2022	Miss New York	5	Mirco Demuro	Haruki Sugiyama	Takaaki Farm	1:33.5
2023	Fierce Pride	5	Christophe Lemaire	Sakae Kunieda	Godolphin	1:32.7
2024	Argine	4	Atsuya Nishimura	Mitsumasa Nakauchida	Lord Horse Club	1:33.2

Winners since 2015